Pakistan: Military courts to be discontinued after two years
Pakistan will wind up its special military courts from on Saturday, two years after they were set up for speedy trial of hardcore militants following the deadly Taliban attack on an Army school that killed nearly 150 children.
Jan 07, 2017, 14:23 PM IST
900 Pakistani families displaced during army operation return against terrorists
Over 900 families displaced due to military operations against terrorists in the restive tribal region in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday returned to their homes after nearly two years.
Nov 15, 2016, 20:27 PM IST
Pakistan denies bail to "Afghan Girl" from National Geographic photo
A Pakistani court on Wednesday denied bail to Sharbat Gula, who was arrested for illegally living in Pakistan and is best known as the green-eyed Afghan girl who posed for a National Geographic magazine photograph 30 years ago.
Nov 02, 2016, 19:13 PM IST
Pakistan court rejects bail plea of National Geographic's 'Afghan girl'
The haunting photo of a green-eyed, Afghan girl named Sharbat Gula was one of National Geographic magazine's most famous covers.
Nov 02, 2016, 14:42 PM IST
National Geographic's famed ''Afghan Girl'' arrested in Pakistan
National Geographic`s famed `Afghan Girl` Sharbat Bibi was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday in Pakistan`s Peshawar city, authorities said.
Oct 26, 2016, 14:10 PM IST
Pakistan arrests two for spreading Islamic State propaganda
Police arrested two men suspected of distributing pamphlets for Islamic State (IS) following a raid in the northwestern city of Peshawar, officials said on Wednesday, amid lingering fears that the Middle East militant group was making inroads in Pakistan.
Oct 19, 2016, 18:42 PM IST
UN opens new centre in Pakistan for safe return of Afghan refugees
The UN on Wednesday inaugurated its second voluntary repatriation centre in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to facilitate safe return of up to 10,000 refugees daily.
Sep 28, 2016, 20:35 PM IST
Militants target police van in northwest Pakistan, nine including four policemen injured
At least nine persons, including four policemen, were injured on Monday when militants targetted a police van with an explosive device in Pakistan's restive northwest region.
Sep 26, 2016, 14:37 PM IST
Seek consular access to Indian prisoner in Peshawar, Sushma Swaraj tells envoy
Hamid Nehal Ansari was attacked twice in the Peshawar Central Prison in the last two months, Dawn online quoted his lawyer as telling a court on Thursday.
Aug 06, 2016, 22:12 PM IST
UNBELIEVABLE BUT TRUE: In this Pakistani town, guns are cheaper than smartphones!
It's really tough to believe but it's true!
Jul 28, 2016, 17:25 PM IST
Exclusive: Osama Bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad is at centre of row — Know the controversy
A tussle has erupted between Pakistan's powerful military and the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over a sprawling piece of land in the garrison city of Abbottabad where al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden lived and was killed in 2011.
Jul 22, 2016, 19:45 PM IST
US airstrike kills mastermind of Peshawar school attack
Umar Khalifa, a known terrorist leader with the Tariq Gidar Group, was killed in Nangarhar province over the weekend.
Jul 14, 2016, 09:00 AM IST
Banners on Pakistani roads urge Gen Raheel Sharif to impose martial law, form govt
Mysterious banners springing up overnight on all major thoroughfares in 13 cities across Pakistan on Monday urged Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif to impose martial law and form a government of technocrats, strengthening the view that something was cooking up.
Jul 12, 2016, 10:58 AM IST
Peshawar army school attack: Mastermind killed in Afghanistan in US drone strike?
The mastermind behind the December 2014 massacre at Peshawar's Army Public School, has been killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan, senior Pakistani security officials claimed.
Jul 12, 2016, 08:57 AM IST
Pakistani Sikhs open temple after 73 years, risking attacks
An armed policeman stood guard outside the 300-year-old Sikh temple, known as a gurdwara, in northwest Pakistan.
Apr 28, 2016, 02:32 AM IST
Peshawar bus explosion kills 16; Pakistan PM condemns attack
The bomb exploded when the private bus was on Sunehri Masjid Road as it was taking civil secretariat employees for duty.
Mar 16, 2016, 10:17 AM IST
Ancient Hindu temple in Peshawar being 'secretly' demolished
The ancient Hindu temple located in Karimpura in Peshawar's old city is being demolished in the name of repairs.
Feb 23, 2016, 23:06 PM IST
5.9-magnitude quake hits Pakistan
An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale hit parts of Pakistan on Sunday, local Met office reported.
Feb 21, 2016, 16:44 PM IST
Pakistani university evacuated after bomb scare
Several students and teachers of a leading Pakistani university were on Wednesday evacuated after authorities received reports of three live bombs on the campus but the scare later turned out to be a hoax, media reported.
Feb 17, 2016, 15:55 PM IST
Resolution passed against Valentine's Day in NW Pakistan
Valentine's Day celebration was on Friday banned in northwest Pakistan with authorities in the restive region saying that the western tradition has no place in Islam.
Feb 12, 2016, 20:31 PM IST
